The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-12-24
Waited from Track and Road.
l.. W. HESS, Editor.

| A number of crooked drivers were brought
to grief during the recent meetings of III,
board of review Of the National and American
| Trotting Associations, among which were the
drivers Of Dell May, who trotted at Joliet and
Streator in the slow classes, and the driver OF
Belle Kidder, who trotted at Mendoza, and
others. The first mentioned Is ringer, trot.
ting under several aliases.
Messrs. Prichard & Gcdney last week
shipped one carload Of good western hors.
cs TO Dakota and one carload Of A No.
feeders to Ohio.
Charter Oak Park, Hartford, Conn, will
offer $4,000 purse for 200 trotters. The
conditions will shortly be announced. II is
said that Hampden Park, Springfield, Mass,
will follow with q similar purse for 2:23
horses.
When the chestnut stallion Mcleod, .:l0I%
and Johnston, the liking OF pacers,' 2:061l4
went into winter quarters at Harrodsburg,
KY, Crit Davis had them weighed. Mcleod
scaled ,005 pounds and Johnston $50 pounds.
A glance at the breeding OF the {" big six I"
OF the 5.year. old world reveals the fact that
the sires Of five Of them were developed and
had fast records. They are as follows;
Patron, hy Pancoast, 2:2l4. .2:l4l4
Stamboul, by Sultan, 2:2i. .2:l719
Sir Walter, Jr., by Sir Walter, 2:24l pisa
Rosaline Wilkes, by Conn's Harry
Wilkes NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .2:lS12
Silyerone, by Alcyone, 2:27 .2l994
Condce, by Abbotsford, 2I9}9. .........2:2O
Allen Maid, the Vermont PAGER, that made
record Of 220 this season, which was her
frst on the turf, is the first foal got by her
sire, Ashley's Ethan Allen, and was got when
q 2-ycar old. He is a son Of Holabird's Ethan
Allen, he by Ethan Allen.
The average mind is always curious as to
the value OF the produce of brood mare of
established reputation. When the breeder
disposes of the foals and states prices it is
easy 10 foot up the amounts and get the total,
but when no transfer has been made we must
act the part Of an appraiser, and guide to
appraisemcnt is the price known to have been
offered for an animal under inspection. The
first brood mare that We shall take is
GREEN MOT TAIN MAID, tr m 1852, by
Harry Clay, dam, Shanghai Mary, a chest
nut OF untraced lines, but having the form
and characteristics OF the thoroughbred.
Owned at Stony Ford, Orange Co., \. Y.
1861, b Storm, by Middletown
(226Sl) Observation-Disclosures. 1000
1868, b Elcctionecr, by liamblctoni-
an, cannot be bought fOr........... 100 600
1859, blk c ProsperO, by Messenger
Duroc eco, sold to w. NJ. Parks
for Observation-Disclosures. 10000
1870 blk Dame Trot, by Messenger
Duroc (2:22). ...................... 1900
1871, ch Paul, by Messenger Duroc. 1000
1872, ch Miranda, by Messenger Du-
Observation-Disclosures. 5000
1874, br ( Elaine, by Messenger Du.
roc eco ............. .......... 10000
1876, ch c Mansfield, by Messenger
DurOC eco. ............... 10000
1877, br Elsie, by Messenger Duroc. 5000
1878, b Elite, by Messenger Duroc.. 5000
1880, b c Antonio, by Messenger Du-
roc C?:2SaD ............... 1000
1883, b Elisha, by Messenger Duroc. 10000
$50, blk Elina, by Messenger Du-
roe ........................'....... 1900
SS7, b Lancelot, by Messenger Du-
roc ...................... 5000
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S2i 900